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Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Mueller addresses the International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference in Denver on Monday, Oct. 5, 2009.

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  1. This undated photo provided by the FBI Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, shows Abu Ibrahim, a Palestinian bomb maker suspected of once targeting commercial airliners and aiding the Iraq insurgency. The U.S. State Department is offering a reward of up to $5 million for Ibrahim whose real name is Husayn Muhammed al-Umari. The approximately 73-year-old Ibrahim was indicted in the 1982 bombing of Pan Am Flight 830 that killed a 16-year-old boy and wounded more than a dozen passengers as the plane headed to Honolulu from Tokyo.
  2. US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive at Robert Gray Army Air Feild at Fort Hood, TX, November 10, 2009. Questions mounted Tuesday over the accused Fort Hood gunman's links to militant Islam as President Barack Obama headed for a memorial service and to console bereaved relatives at the base. Intrigue over troubled military psychiatrist Major Nidal Hasan deepened after the FBI revealed he had contacts with a firebrand Islamic cleric in Yemen and it emerged he had voiced doubts over the role of US Muslim soldiers.

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  1. Keith Bolcar, acting Assistant Director in charge of the FBI in Los Angeles, speaks at a news conference announcing the arrests of dozens of people in an identity theft ring, Wednesday Oct. 7, 2009 in Los Angeles. U.S. and Egyptian authorities are arresting dozens of people to crack an identity theft ring that victimized thousands.
  2. Keith Bolcar, acting Assistant Director in charge of the FBI in Los Angeles, shows computer documents at a news conference announcing the arrests of dozens of people in an identity theft ring, Wednesday Oct. 7, 2009 in Los Angeles. U.S. and Egyptian authorities have charged nearly 100 people with helping an identity theft ring steal money from thousands of bank accounts. An FBI statement says an indictment unsealed Wednesday in Los Angeles charges more than 50 people in the United States with running the "phishing" scheme. Egyptian authorities have charged another 47. The FBI says it's the largest number of defendants ever charged in a cybercrime case.
  3. FBI Director Robert Mueller speaks at the International Association of Chiefs of Police 116th annual conference in Denver October 5, 2009.
  4. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (L) shakes hands with FBI Director Robert Mueller after speaking at the International Association of Chiefs of Police 116th annual conference in Denver October 5, 2009.
  5. Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Mueller addresses the International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference in Denver on Monday, Oct. 5, 2009.
  6. Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Mueller addresses the International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference in Denver on Monday, Oct. 5, 2009.
  7. FBI agents, in full riot gear, exit a building after breaking down the door of an apartment with clear evidence of drug riches inside, during an anti-drug raid at a housing project in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. With assault rifles slung over their shoulders, agents swarmed the complex where the suspected kingpin Angel Ayala Vazquez, who was captured last month, grew up and allegedly launched a drug empire that shipped thousands of kilograms of cocaine to the U.S. mainland.
  8. Suspected drug dealers are arrested by DEA and FBI agents during a raid at a housing project in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. With assault rifles slung over their shoulders, agents swarmed the complex where the suspected kingpin Angel Ayala Vazquez, who was captured last month, grew up and allegedly launched a drug empire that shipped thousands of kilograms of cocaine to the U.S. mainland.
  9. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano (L) and FBI Director Robert Mueller (R) testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing 'Eight Years After 9/11: Confronting The Terrorist Threat to the Homeland' on September 30, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
  10. FBI Director Robert Mueller (L) and National Counterterrorism Center Director Michael Leiter (R) testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee entitled 'Eight Years After 9/11: Confronting The Terrorist Threat to the Homeland' on September 30, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
  11. FBI Director Robert Mueller (L) and National Counterterrorism Center Director Michael Leiter (R) testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee entitled 'Eight Years After 9/11: Confronting The Terrorist Threat to the Homeland' on September 30, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
  12. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano (L), FBI Director Robert Mueller (C) and National Counterterrorism Center Director Michael Leiter (R) testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing 'Eight Years After 9/11: Confronting The Terrorist Threat to the Homeland' on September 30, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
  13. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano (L), FBI Director Robert Mueller (C) and National Counterterrorism Center Director Michael Leiter (R) testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing 'Eight Years After 9/11: Confronting The Terrorist Threat to the Homeland' on September 30, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
  14. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano (L), FBI Director Robert Mueller (C) and National Counterterrorism Center Director Michael Leiter (R) testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing 'Eight Years After 9/11: Confronting The Terrorist Threat to the Homeland' on September 30, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
  15. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano (L), FBI Director Robert Mueller (C) and National Counterterrorism Center Director Michael Leiter testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing 'Eight Years After 9/11: Confronting The Terrorist Threat to the Homeland' on September 30, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
  16. FBI Director Robert Mueller (L) confers with Michael Leiter, director of the National Counterterrorism Center at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, before testifying at the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs hearing on "Eight Years After 9/11: Confronting the Terrorist Threat to the Homeland on Capitol Hill in Washington September 30, 2009. Mueller on Wednesday said there was no imminent threat related to the case of an Afghan-born man charged with plotting a bombing attack in the United States.

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